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Tag Archive for: Highways
Tag Archive for: Highways
January 24, 1958 Cabinet Meeting on Highways
This is a PDF of the White House records of a Cabinet meeting held by President Eisenhower on January 24, 1958 that discussed Byrd Test funding delays and escalating cost […]
Byrd Amendment to Highway Revenue Act of 1956
This is the actual “Byrd Test” amendment offered by Sen. Harry Byrd at the Senate Finance Committee markup of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 on May 22, 1956. Reproduced from the original in the…
1969 FHWA History and Analysis of Highway Apportionment Factors
This is a June 1969 internal Federal Highway Administration study written by Alan R. Kooney of the Policy Planning Division that may be the best history ever written of how apportionment formulas for federal-aid highway…
‘Green New Deal’ To Seek Transport Overhaul
“The Green New Deal will include a shift in transportation systems away from fossil fuels, according to a still-vague draft released to the press on Thursday. It’s a “slogan in search of specific policy solutions,”…
Amazon’s HQ2 project bypasses Raleigh on its way to D.C., New York — and Nashville area
Regarding Amazon’s HQ2, Eno President Robert Puentes cautions that the addition of a major employer doesn’t always strain the highways – it depends on how the development takes shape.
Sept. 1978 Letter to US House Members from Transportation Stakeholders
This is a September 15, 1978 letter from various surface transportation stakeholder groups to all members of the US House of Representatives opposing an amendment to the highway bill to be offered by Budget Committee…
Sept. 1978 “Dear Colleague” Letter from House Public Works Against Giamo Amendment
This is a “Dear Colleague” letter to House members sent by members of the Public Works and Transportation Committee on September 19, 1978 in opposition to an amendment by Budget chairman Bob Giamo (D-CT) that…
1978 Conable-Gibbons Amendment to the Highway Bill
This PDF is a series of documents relating to a proposed amendment in the House Ways and Means Committee to the revenue title of the highway bill in 1978. Drafted (at the Department of Transportation’s…
Shuster Infrastructure Proposal – July 23, 2018
This is the text of the 108-page infrastructure bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) on July 23, 2018.
1971 Nixon Proposal to Create a Department of Community Development
This is the full justification document for President Nixon’s 1971 proposal to create a new Cabinet-level Department of Community Development which would have contained all of the previous Department of Housing and Urban Development, plus…
Lower Bucks has a smog problem; this spring was the worst in a decade
In an article about air pollution in Bucks County, PA, Eno Senior Fellow Jeff Davis explains the split between federal funding for roads/highways and public transportation.
March 1961 Commerce Department views on the Urban Transportation Problem
March 15, 1961 memo from Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation C.D. Martin, Jr. on the Commerce Department’s views on the bill S. 345 (the Williams bill) and the Commerce Department’s place in the scheme…